WV Senate passes right-to-work on party line, as court decision looms
By David Gutman, Political Reporter, WV Gazette Mail

The West Virginia Senate passed a controversial “right-to-work” bill Thursday, by the barest of margins, just hours or days before a state Supreme Court ruling could switch the balance of power in the Senate.

With the Senate galleries packed with union members opposing the bill, and with the pending court decision leaving it unclear...

State Schools Superintendent Michael Martirano issued an important warning just before the start of the legislative session: Continual efforts to repeal state education standards are disrupting the state’s classrooms.

“We can’t continue to have this disruption every year,” Martirano said to reporters at the Associated Press Legislative Lookahead event on Jan. 8.